Snow day!

17 January 2012 Fisher-Price Play Panel

It’s a snow day here in Ottawa today. The buses have been cancelled and while the schools are still open, we’ve decided to let the boys stay home. I usually ship ‘em off as even in the most treacherous conditions I think they’re better off for a few hours at school than at home, but [...]

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Oh Tim Hortons, how you vex me

16 January 2012 Canadianisms

I am crazy busy this week. I don’t have time for Internet drama (but oh, there is drama) and I don’t have time for the forecasted 30+ cm of snow between now and Friday (seriously!) and I really don’t have time to talk at any length about coffee. But as we discussed on Twitter this [...]

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This week in pictures: Winter and other diversions

14 January 2012 Project 365

After a notable absence, winter has arrived with a vengeance in Ottawa recently. I can’t wait to get out and start taking pictures of the great snow dump we got yesterday — but I might wait until the temperatures warm up a bit beyond the current minus 30 with the wind chill. Brrrr! But heck, [...]

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The triumph of reason of impetuousness

12 January 2012 It IS all about me

I think I might actually be a grown-up now. This is such an astonishing revelation that it bears sharing here on the blog. It started, as it usually does, with a fit of covetousness. I have an iPhone 3GS. I’ve had it for about a year and a half, since the eve of the release [...]

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This week in pictures: after the holidays

8 January 2012 Project 365

I‘m still on the fence as to whether this is another 365 project, but I did take a picture (or five) each day this week. How can I stop taking pictures when there’s cuteness like this is my life? Isn’t he so lovely? Oh my, but that boy will break hearts some day. This last [...]

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Bedtime stories

7 January 2012 Ah, me boys

Tristan just asked me if he could read Lucas a bedtime story, instead of being read to by Beloved. These are the moments that make it all worthwhile. Blogged because I want to remember this one.

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Social sharing of photos – are you giving away your rights for free?

5 January 2012 Photography

I have been posting my pictures on the Internet forever, going back to the first website I built back in 2000 or so, and I’ve always known there were inherent risks. I’d always figured, though, that the biggest risk would be that someone takes one of my pictures and misappropriates it. However, as I’ve become [...]

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Monetizing Mommyhood – coming this weekend to a radio near you

4 January 2012 Meta-blogging

When I was in Toronto for the Blissdom Canada conference, I had the chance to speak to CBC’s Ira Basen about mom blogs, sponsorships, advertising and working with brands. It was an interesting conversation, especially as I tried to mentally juggle my relationship with Fisher-Price and Mom Central Canada (the sponsors who brought me to [...]

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Winter break family fun ideas

4 January 2012 5 things

With back to school starting so late this year, it seems like Christmas was ages ago. I don’t know about your kids, but at our house the kids are twitchy. Most of the gifts have been examined and played with, the family visits are past and the Christmas decorations stashed away for another year — [...]

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This week in pictures: holiday retrospective

2 January 2012 Project 365

I‘m still on the fence as to whether I will be doing an official 365 (erm, 366) project in 2012, but I still seem to be taking a picture each day, and I do enjoy writing these posts, so let’s keep on keeping on for now. I posted a boatload of pictures over the last [...]

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